Martin v. Wainwright
479 U.S. 909
SCOTUS
1986
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Dissenting Opinion

Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall,

dissenting.

Adhering to our views that the death penalty is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth *910and Fourteenth Amendments, Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153, 227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentence in this case.





Lead Opinion

C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.

Justice Blackmun would grant the petition for writ of certiorari limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.